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Recent Examples of body blow
All of which meant that when economists gathered in San Francisco this month for the annual meeting of the American Economic Association, there was a sense that their famous confidence — critics would say arrogance — had been, if not shattered, certainly dealt a body blow.
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Ben Casselman, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
McCain's injury was just the latest in a series of body blows in that regard.
—Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
The book on Usyk is that he can be hurt with body blows.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
The critical news, which may save Syria from a relapse into violence: Assad’s flight to exile in Moscow is a body blow to Iran’s ayatollahs and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, for whom Syria had critical importance.
—Trudy Rubin, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024
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Ben Casselman, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
McCain's injury was just the latest in a series of body blows in that regard.
—Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
The book on Usyk is that he can be hurt with body blows.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
The critical news, which may save Syria from a relapse into violence: Assad’s flight to exile in Moscow is a body blow to Iran’s ayatollahs and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, for whom Syria had critical importance.
—Trudy Rubin, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for body blow
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Tesla becomes a target for the left Tesla was once the darling of the left.—
TIME,
TIME,
19 Mar. 2025
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An exquisitely original writer, an activist who stood against the dictatorship and a critic of the traditional left’s homophobia, Lemebel played with drag and the gender binary.—
Graciela Mochkofsky,
The New Yorker,
18 Mar. 2025
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How that happened is up for debate, with competing stories and narratives fighting for the right to be considered the truth.—
Fortesa Latifi,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2025
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What are the rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizenship?—
Jeremy DeLuca,
Hartford Courant,
19 Mar. 2025
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For a kid who can’t play this season due to a knee injury, junior third baseman/catcher Morgan Reczkiewicz sure is making her presence felt for Oak Forest.—
Tony Baranek,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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However, her initial momentum was interrupted by a knee injury in 2022, forcing her to the sidelines for an extended period.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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In retrospect, this was the height (or perhaps the nadir) of a kind of purity-test politics that was making some swing voters, including Rogan, feel less at home in the Democratic coalition.—
Andrew Marantz,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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The former Met and Guardian has a 5.32 ERA over the last four seasons, but he’s shown swing and miss stuff this spring after tweaking his mechanics and boosting his velocity over the winter.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
17 Mar. 2025
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And there’s not a roundhouse kick or a high-octane pistol face-off in sight.—
Clifford Coonan,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2025
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Albin has repeated that Charlotte aims to end every offensive possession with a kick.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Mar. 2025
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Excavations in South Ayrshire also unearthed ruins of another 2,600-year-old roundhouse and 3,500-year-old pottery, archaeologists said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2025
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Killam unleashed a roundhouse kick for his portrait.—
T. M. Brown,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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European developments added to the volatility as announcements for additional fiscal spending sent shivers through the bond market but provided optimism for equity investors in certain sectors.—
Garth Friesen,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Borge Strand-Bergesen is a modest person with a dream to deliver the kind of listening experience that brings a big smile to your face and might send a shiver down your spine or bring a tear to your eye.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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There’s also a 15-seat chef’s counter that offers its own version of traditional omakase (meaning the menu is chef’s choice).—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
19 Mar. 2025
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Urban Roots beer will be on tap, of course, and customers will order at the counter as at Archie and Hoey’s other restaurants.—
Benjy Egel,
Sacramento Bee,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Body blow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/body%20blow. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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